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If someone wanted to open a Fire Museum, how would they go about it? Can any group of people just get together and decide to start a Museum/Fire Historical Society/Group?Is it easier in the long run to hire a CPA to get everything up to snuff?

ThanksRogerNE Ohio

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"Freedom is never more then one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed down for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children, and our children's children what it was once like to live in the United States, where men were free." Ronald Wilson Reagan

Sounds to me that you should form something! Just think of it! The Fame! The Fortune!

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"Freedom is never more then one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed down for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children, and our children's children what it was once like to live in the United States, where men were free." Ronald Wilson Reagan

How about Station 8 or Station 10? Those would make great museums, especially 8 (although the neighborhood isn't so good). #8 has a decent amount of space for parking and room on the inside for a gift shop. YFD could store a spare rig in there to get us started or Greg's rig!

I have often said, "Someday I need to write a book on how to start a fire museum..." About once a month I get an e-mail or phone call asking for advice on how to start a fire museum.

These inquires are generally followed up with me asking what stage of the process they are in - be it organizational development, fundraising, collections work, or setting up the exhibits and making it run on a day-to-day basis. I then send off an envelope with helpful information - copies of handouts that have been presented at the various Fire Museum Network Seminars or that I have developed based on my own personal experiences. I have tried to simplify this process, (and my life) by posting all this information on a handy little section of the Fire Museum Network's website.